Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-03

don't even fill the glass"
With a whirl OF the wheel. the druggist
sent the glass flying up and down untii It's
teeth chartered. With a smile he took out
the glasses and handed them to the boys,
when wonderful to relate. the glasses were
found not only to be full, but running over.
The Young fellows looked As If they Thought
the druggist had played some necromatlc
trick on them. a 10 Herman. ''lOu see
bows" said the latter in explanation. this
churning up and down aerates the milk
filling il full of air. 80 that one inch OF that
drink Is air and the rest Is milk. Fill the
glass to the rim with milk and the drink
would be a failure" IL you havnt tried
milk shake, shake.
By the way. were any Of our readers
taken in by the new California orange cider
dodge. which was so extensively advertised
this summer? For while the drink was
extensively sold in Springfield, but since
the expose OF the state food commissioner,
concerning the method of manufacture. It's
sale has fallen off almost entirely. The
orange cider sold here was obtained in Co
lumbus and Delaware, o.. and the only
connection it had with California was the
name on the label Of the bottles. The re-
OF lUN CpAihisStohSi stosso s's.
the cider was concocted out OF water and
sugar. favored with acids and the oil Of
oranges, and that there was not drop OF
real orange Juice in IT, What sold at retail
at fifty cents per bottle cost just three cents
per bottle to manufacture. The whole
thing was barefaced swindle. The drink
had a big run last summer. and man in
indianapolis made 10000 gallons, repre-
seuting a very nice profit in the course OF
the summer l drank some of the stuff
early in the summer. and thought that It
smack ed great deal more of the manu-
featuring chemists shop. than of the
oranges Of the balmy Italian valleys OF Cal
ifornia The manufacture of such stuff
should be prohibited by law. These re
marks do not apply to orange wine. much OF
which is often good and honest. and very
fine drink Orange cider is also delicious
wnen ii is what it purportS to be-the juice
of oranges.
Col. Tom Ochiltree. OF Texas. says that
he has become fictitious pers9nase. . ",S wing
to the tact that yhat ye.an tlis reporters get All
excepii2Qa.ssy atrocious story. or brilliant,
they promptly father il upon him. II
rs much the same with our own John L.
| Norris. He has been made the hero of
more adventures and brilliant strategiei
/ fthan b could have carried ont tn two q
dsy riisff 3t6rT l. N6ffis once T;a,!aify vse's
a man note payable six months after
DEATH" and that the man took it without
ever finding the difference between date
and death" At the end of six months
the man put in an appearance for the pay
ment of the money. only TO be met by the
smiling that the nnfA
would be paid on proof Of his (NOrriSs 81
death six months before, with proof OF
burial permit. day and hour of funeral.
etc. The crowd drank in the story and
seemed to believe it. but il seems to be q
golden story-like gold leaf-very thin.
This is about As gsod As the check for $50
dogs" passing the Springfield clearing
house.
The show season Al the Springfield opera
houses is now under way. and the patronage
50 far has been excellent. 1t is probable
that the number of attractions r'ayed
through September and Oc:ob r will n I be
large, as the managers think 1t better pol
icy to hold of from heavy business during
the gubernatNrial campaign, which always
has the result OF detracting from the inter
sst in the drama and from the size Of the
audience. In presidential years it is pretty
hard for the theaters to do anything at all
until after the ''cruel war" is over, and the
same causes operate to less extent in .
gubernatorial year.
The managers have secured some splen-
did attractions for this season. | saw a
contract, under seal, between Manager
Waldman. of Blacks, and the manager of
the great Carleton Opera company, by
which that famous organization will appear
two nights at Blacks.
The city council of this city are a set
of chumps to allow the Little Miami rail-
road crossing at Center street To remain un-
protected by patent crossing gates. The
periods of five minutes during the day
when several trains are not switching over
this crossing are few and far between.
There is a side track on jefferson street.
west of Center street, and cars are con-
stantly being switched across Center street
onto this tack. The result is that this
crossing Is one of the most dangerous in
the city. and it is but question Of time
until some terrible accident occurs there.
There is no crossing in the city which needs
safety gates worse than that one.
What a yell of horror would 20 up from
the pious public if any one should have the
temerity to propose that gambling houses
and other abiding places of sin should be
regularly licensed and made TO pay large
revenue into the city treasury in return for
being allowed to follow their pefarous
callinEs. The citizen who should propose
such a solution of this important municipal
problem would become a social Outcast as
90 n - il was known that LIE held such
views But wish to know what else the
spasmodic attempt of the city authorities
during the past ten years in Springfield to
break up the gambling and social evils
have amounted to. Gamblers and others
engaged in nefariOus trades have pursued
tho ""''irps and earned liv-lihOOds in
81 ringfeld for years, with brief Interruptions
C ,u,,u a, pup,Ic RAIDS. Their tax Is not
paid a. license, but as fine in the police
court. and as soon as il is paid they are let
alone for some weeks or months. until ii is
time for them to pay their tax again.
The gambling houses were raided a few
nights ago. but does any one suppose gam
bling is broken up in Springfield? Not at
all. All the houses will be running again
soon. and in two or three months there will
be another raid. IL gamblers and keepers
OF disreputable houses were arrested two or
three times per week 1t is hardly likely
that these occupations would flourish in
Springfield. but pulling them once in two
or three months and assessing light fines
amounts 10 licensing these occupations. and
nothing more. The city gets share OF the
profits of the business in the form Of fines.
Fine" is prettier word than license"
but it amounts to the same.